Description
A true community event in a hall near you
TN168 Jan 25
Festival of Small Halls Australia is a series of tours that takes the best folk, traditional and contemporary acoustic artists and sends them on the road to tiny halls in communities all over Australia.
Festival of Small Halls Australia was inspired by an annual event in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
In Australia, our regional tours have been running since 2013.
As of 2024, we have produced 700 shows over 43 tours in 380 unique communities, worked with over 900 local support artists and lifted the spirits of 67,000+ rural, regional and remote audience members.
Festival of Small Halls is a project of Woodfordia Inc, producers of Woodford Folk Festival, in partnership with many other wonderful Australian festivals, regional partners and supporters of folk, traditional and contemporary acoustic music.
Unlike traditional music tours, each night of the tour is co-hosted by a local community group, hall committee or council, and it is a chance for a town to show off their warmest welcome.
We create authentic, long term partnerships with host communities to ensure longevity and legacy beyond the first project.
The artist line-up for Small Halls is always one Australian act and one International act.
They’ve been chosen for the tour not only because of their beautiful songs and tunes, but because they have the ability to really connect with the people they play for, whether through storytelling, the ability to tell a good joke (or a truly terrible one), and a real interest in visiting places a little off the beaten track.
It’s an opportunity for welcoming communities to invite fantastic international and domestic musicians into their towns, and a way of exploring this vast country in the spirit of hospitality, good music and great fun.
From our farmlands to the flood lands, the rainforests to the outback, Festival of Small Halls Australia audiences can expect a beautiful night of original music, as well as a chance to catch up with their families and friends during a supper break, where cake and tea are served.
It’s an all ages event and all are welcome.
See our current tours and find out more: festivalofsmallhalls.com
Bring us to your local hall.
